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Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast

Supplemental 002 - The One With Robert J. Sawyer

Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast

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Star, Tv & Film, Science, Ethics, Trek, Meaning, Analysis, Fiction, Morals, Arts, Commentary, Performing Arts, Scifi, Messages, Tv Reviews, Roddenberry, Philosophy

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 December 2012

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Robert J. Sawyer joins John and Ken to talk why Star Trek matters to him, his thoughts on "Balance of Terror," and the job of Science Fiction. Plus: Listener feedback and thoughts on the Science Lab Christmas party. Have something to say? Let us hear it: On Facebook: facebook.com/missionlogpod On Twitter: @missionlogpod On Skype: MissionLogPod On the phone: (323) 522-5641 Online: http://missionlogpodcast.com We may use your comments on the show!

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0:00.0

Mission Log supplemental, Number two, the second of the Mission Log, it's Mission Log Supplemental Number Two, the second of the Supplemental

0:25.4

Mission Logs. I'm Can Ray. And today the role of John Champion will be played by me,

0:30.8

John Champion. Oh, he does a good John Champion.

0:34.2

I've been told that, I appreciate it.

0:36.2

I'm going up for the John Champion Award next year,

0:38.5

so I hope I have your vote.

0:40.3

Congratulations. So once again, here we are on the supplemental we get to put all the stuff into kind of a unique

0:50.5

episode that doesn't fit into the regular mission log format.

0:54.0

Yeah, this is the place that we get to answer questions that people have posed to us, which we're going to do a little bit later.

0:58.0

We get to play some listener feedback, which we're going to do a little bit later, and we get to talk to some people with some

1:03.7

really interesting stuff to say about Star Trek which we are going to do right now.

1:08.3

If you know the television show Flash forward or the novel on which that television show was based. If you know the novel

1:14.8

calculating God, if you know oh oh hominids, humans and hybrids was a trilogy that

1:21.7

he did. Very exciting today. We're talking right now to

1:26.2

Hugo, Nebula, and John W Campbell Award-winning author Robert J Sawyer.

1:32.0

Rob, it's interesting. We were actually introduced author Robert J. Sawyer. Soir.

1:33.0

Rob, it's interesting.

1:34.0

We were actually introduced through a mutual fan and, uh, or mutual friend rather, and he said,

1:40.0

oh, you have to have Robert J Sawyer on because he's a huge Star Trek fan.

1:45.0

So... I'm guessing that was our buddy James Kerwin.

1:48.0

The film would be absolutely right.

1:51.0

We directed Star Trek's own Chase Masterson and the wonderful film

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